The quality of maternal secure-base scripts predicts children's secure-base behavior at home in three sociocultural groups

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-76

  Vaughn, Brian E ^a   Coppola, Gabrielle ^a   Verissimo, Manuela ^b   Monteiro, Ligia ^b   Santos, José Antonio ^b   Posada, German ^c   Carbonell, Olga A ^d   Plata, Sandra J ^d   Waters, Harriet S ^e   Bost, Kelly ^f   McBride, Brent ^f   Shin, Nana ^f   Korth, Bryan ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment script representation task; Secure bare relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 33846240388     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025407073574     Document Type: Article

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